motet

noun

1. 经文歌（通常为清唱）
   a short piece of church music, usually for voices only

1. The children are learning to sing the motet.
   孩子们在学唱赞美诗。
2. Since the17th Century, the original'function and value'in motet was substituted gradually by numerous newly rising secular genres, as a result, it went down as an individual type.
   17世纪以后，经文歌原有的“功能与价值”逐渐被大量新兴的世俗体裁所取代，其作为一种独立的体裁开始走向衰落。
3. Cultural Features during the Development of European Motet
   欧洲经文歌发展的文化特征
4. The Europe Medieval Motet
   欧洲中世纪经文歌

noun

1. an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics